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|{{flag|Swaziland}} || [[Purple-crested Turaco]] ||''Tauraco porphyreolophus'' || [[Image:Purplecreszed lourie1.jpg|90px]] ||<ref name="NS"/>
|{{flag|Swaziland}} || [[Purple-crested Turaco]] ||''Tauraco porphyreolophus'' || [[Image:Purplecreszed lourie1.jpg|90px]] ||<ref name="NS"/>
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|{{flag|Sweden}} ||[[Common blackbird]] || ''Turdus merula'' || [[File:Turdus merula -garden wall-8.jpg|90px]] || {{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}
|{{flag|Sweden}} ||[[Common Blackbird]] || ''Turdus merula'' || [[File:Turdus merula -garden wall-8.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=10,000 Birds|url=http://10000birds.com/what-is-the-national-bird-of-sweden.htm|date=13 July 2011}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Thailand}} ||[[Siamese Fireback| Siamese Fireback pheasant]] || ''Lophura diardi'' || [[Image:Fireback pheasant-farm.jpg|90px]] ||{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}
|{{flag|Thailand}} ||[[Siamese Fireback| Siamese Fireback pheasant]] || ''Lophura diardi'' || [[Image:Fireback pheasant-farm.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Where do you want to go birding today?|url=http://www.camacdonald.com/birding/CountryIndex.htm|date=13 July 2011}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Turkey}} ||[[Redwing]] ||''Turdus iliacus'' || [[File:Redwing Turdus iliacus.jpg|90px]] || {{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}
|{{flag|Turkey}} ||[[Redwing]] ||''Turdus iliacus'' || [[File:Redwing Turdus iliacus.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Where do you want to go birding today?|url=http://www.camacdonald.com/birding/CountryIndex.htm|date=13 July 2011}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Uganda}} || [[East African Crowned-Crane]] || ''[[Balearica regulorum gibbericeps]]''|| [[File:Gray Crowned Crane at Zoo Copenhagen.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Ugandan National Symbols |url=http://www.ugandamission.net/aboutug/symbols.html|work=Uganda Short-term Ministry Guide|accessdate=9 August 2010}}</ref>
|{{flag|Uganda}} || [[East African Crowned-Crane]] || ''[[Balearica regulorum gibbericeps]]''|| [[File:Gray Crowned Crane at Zoo Copenhagen.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Ugandan National Symbols |url=http://www.ugandamission.net/aboutug/symbols.html|work=Uganda Short-term Ministry Guide|accessdate=9 August 2010}}</ref>
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|{{flag|United States}} || [[Bald Eagle]] || ''Haliaeetus leucocephalus'' || [[Image:Haliaeetus leucocephalus.jpeg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Symbols of U.S. Government: The Bald Eagle|url=http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs45/f/2009/087/6/a/Pidgeotto_by_DestroyedSteak.jpg}}</ref>
|{{flag|United States}} || [[Bald Eagle]] || ''Haliaeetus leucocephalus'' || [[Image:Haliaeetus leucocephalus.jpeg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Symbols of U.S. Government: The Bald Eagle|url=http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs45/f/2009/087/6/a/Pidgeotto_by_DestroyedSteak.jpg}}</ref>
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|{{flag|U.S. Virgin Islands}} || [[Bannanaquit]] || ''Coereba flaveola'' || [[Image:Bannanaquits.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Where do you Want to go Birding Today?|url=http://www.camacdonald.com/birding/CountryIndex.htm|accessdate=13 July 2011}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Venezuela}} || [[Troupial]] || ''Icterus icterus'' (turpial) || [[Image:Common Troupial - Nashville Zoo.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=National Symbols|url=http://www.venezuela.org.my/About%20Venezuela/nationalsymb.html|publisher=Venezuelan Embassy in Malaysia|accessdate=9 August 2010}}</ref>
|{{flag|Venezuela}} || [[Troupial]] || ''Icterus icterus'' (turpial) || [[Image:Common Troupial - Nashville Zoo.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=National Symbols|url=http://www.venezuela.org.my/About%20Venezuela/nationalsymb.html|publisher=Venezuelan Embassy in Malaysia|accessdate=9 August 2010}}</ref>

Revision as of 19:36, 13 July 2011

This is a list of national birds, most official, but some unofficial.

National birds

Country Name of Bird Scientific name Picture Ref.
 Angola Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus [1]
 Anguilla Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita [2]
 Antigua and Barbuda Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens [3]
 Argentina Rufous Hornero Furnarius rufus [4]
 Australia Emu (Unofficial) Dromaius novaehollandiae [5]
 Austria Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica [citation needed]
 Bahamas West Indian Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber [6]
 Bahrain White-cheeked Bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenys [7]
 Bangladesh Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis (doayle, dhayal) [8]
 Belarus White Stork Ciconia ciconia [9]
 Belgium Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus [10]
 Belize Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus [11]
 Bermuda Bermuda Petrel Pterodroma cahow File:Pterodroma cahow.jpg [12]
 Bhutan Common Raven Corvus corax [13]
 Bolivia Andean Condor Vultur gryphus [14]
 Botswana Lilac-breasted Roller, Coracias caudata [15]
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos [citation needed]
 Brazil Rufous-bellied Thrush Turdus rufiventris [16]
 Cambodia Giant Ibis Thaumatibis gigantea [17]
 Chile Condor Vultur gryphus [18]
 China Red-crowned Crane (Since 2004) Grus japonensis [19]
 Colombia Andean Condor Vultur gryphus [20]
 Costa Rica Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi [21]
 Côte d'Ivoire White-cheeked Turaco Tauraco leucotis [citation needed]
 Cuba Cuban Trogon Priotelus temnurus [22]
 Denmark Mute Swan Cygnus olor [23]
 Dominica Imperial Amazon Amazona imperialis [24]
 Dominican Republic Palmchat Dulus dominicus [25]
 Ecuador Andean Condor Vultur gryphus [26]
 El Salvador Turquoise-browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa (Torogoz) [27]
 Estonia Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica [28]
 Finland Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus [29]
 France Gallic Rooster Gallus gallus [30]
 Grenada Grenada Dove Leptotila wellsi [31]
 Guatemala Resplendent Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno [32]
 Guyana Hoatzin Opisthocomus hoazin [33]
 Haiti Hispaniolan Trogon Priotelus roseigaster [34]
 Honduras Scarlet Macaw Ara macao [35]
 Iceland Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus [36]
 India Indian Peacock Pavo cristatus [37]
 Indonesia Javan Hawk-eagle (Elang Jawa) Nisaetus bartelsi [38]
 Israel Hoopoe (דוכיפת pronounced Doochifat) Upupa epops [39]
 Ireland Winter Wren (unofficial) Troglodytes troglodytes [citation needed]
European Robin (unofficial) Erithacus rubecula [citation needed]
 Japan Green Pheasant
(It was declared national bird by a non-government body in 1947)		 Phasianus versicolor [40]
 Latvia White Wagtail (baltā cielava) Motacilla alba [41]
 Liberia Garden Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus [citation needed]
 Lithuania White Stork Ciconia ciconia [42]
 Luxembourg Goldcrest Regulus regulus [43]
 Malawi Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum [citation needed]
 Mauritius Dodo Raphus cucullatus [citation needed]
 Mexico Crested Caracara Polyborus plancus [citation needed]
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos [44]
 Montserrat Montserrat Oriole Icterus oberi [45]
 Myanmar Grey Peacock-pheasant Polyplectron bicalcaratum [citation needed]
 Namibia Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus [1]
   Nepal Himalayan Monal Lophophorus impejanus [46]
 New Zealand Kiwi (unofficial) Apteryx mantelli [47]
 Nicaragua Turquoise-browed Motmot (guardabarranco) Eumomota superciliosa [48]
 Nigeria Black Crowned-Crane Balearica pavonina [citation needed]
 Norway White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus [49]
 Pakistan Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar [50]
 Palestinian territories Palestine Sunbird (Proposed, as Palestine is not currently a nation) Cinnyris oseus [citation needed]
 Panama Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja [51]
 Papua New Guinea Raggiana Bird of Paradise Paradisaea raggiana [52]
 Paraguay Bare-throated Bellbird Procnias nudicollis [53]
 Peru Andean Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola peruvianus [54]
 Philippines Philippine Eagle (Agila ng Pilipinas) Pithecophaga jefferyi [55]
 Puerto Rico Puerto Rican Spindalis Spindalis Portoricensis File:PuertoRicanSpindalis.jpg [56]
 Romania Great White Pelican (unofficial) Pelecanus onocrotalus [citation needed]
 Saint Helena Saint Helena Plover Charadrius sanctaehelenae [57]
 Saint Kitts and Nevis Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis [58]
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines St Vincent Parrot Amazona guildingii [59]
 Scotland Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos [60]
 Singapore Crimson Sunbird (unofficial) Aethopyga siparaja [61]
 South Africa Blue Crane Anthropoides paradisea [1][62]
 South Korea Korean Magpie Pica (pica) serieca [citation needed]
 Spain Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti [63]
 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Junglefowl Gallus lafayetii [64]
 Swaziland Purple-crested Turaco Tauraco porphyreolophus [1]
 Sweden Common Blackbird Turdus merula [65]
 Thailand Siamese Fireback pheasant Lophura diardi [66]
 Turkey Redwing Turdus iliacus [67]
 Uganda East African Crowned-Crane Balearica regulorum gibbericeps [68]
 United Kingdom European Robin Erithacus rubecula [69]
 United States Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus [70]
 U.S. Virgin Islands Bannanaquit Coereba flaveola File:Bannanaquits.jpg [71]
 Venezuela Troupial Icterus icterus (turpial) [72]
 Zambia African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer [1][73]
 Zimbabwe African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer [1]

See also

References

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  67. ^ "Where do you want to go birding today?". 13 July 2011.
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  71. ^ "Where do you Want to go Birding Today?". Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  72. ^ "National Symbols". Venezuelan Embassy in Malaysia. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  73. ^ "Zambia". zambiatourism.com. Retrieved 9 August 2010.


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